![]() The “By a Waterfall” scene of the film employed the use of a lighted pool with 20 diving platforms and a team of 300 swim dancers in scanty diamanté illusion swimsuits to create a host of visual effects, many of which were filmed from overhead so as to capture the designs created by the swimmers. He decides that live action “prologues” for films are the ticket to his renewed success and so the folly begins. The film centers around a Broadway director whose career is flopping as audiences cease their trips to the theater in favor of going to the movies. Some of Berkeley’s most memorable film scenes include feats that simply couldn’t be achieved in real life, like the choreography for dancers in giant white Jenny Lind rocking chairs from Gold Diggers of 1933 or his extravagant couples dance scene from Fast and Furious (no relation to the modern franchise) featuring dozens of tap dancing women dressed in scandalous harem costumes.īerkeley’s 1933 film, Footlight Parade, was one of these films that set the imagination flying. During the Great Depression many people sought the cheap seats and air conditioning that going to the movies offered, not to mention the escapism of fantasy and whimsy. One of the masters of this latter style was the choreographer, Busby Berkeley, who was able to create movie scenes that literally awed people. Film productions ranged from more humble dramas to glamorous musicals filled with every conceivable type of glitter and glitz. Jeanette is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.Many Hollywood films of the 1930s could be truly dazzling spectacles. Her family does not believe she took her own life. Although many believe she committed suicide her death may have been accidental. On AugJeanette died after ingesting ammonia. Sadly she did not get to enjoy her new life for very long. ![]() She retired from acting and married producer and liquor salesman Bert E. Her final film was the comedy Million Dollar Baby. After a few more small roles her career stalled. ![]() Jeanette tried to make a comeback with the 1934 drama St. She moved to New York city and starred in several Broadway shows. By 1931 she was tired of playing ingénues and decided to take a break from making movies. Jeanette got the chance to show off her soprano voice in films like King Of Jazz and Party Girl. She also had a love affairs with producer Paul Bern, song writer Walter O'Keefe, and actor Gilbert Roland. Jeanette married a salesman named Harry Rosenbloom but they divorced in 1929. After her parents divorced Jeanette's mother Inga and sisters Irene and Myrtle came to live with her in California. In 1928 she appeared in Annapolis, Love Over Night, and Hold 'Em Yale. ![]() ![]() Demille offered her a contract and she quickly became one of Hollywood busiest starlets. She made her acting debut in the 1927 film Uncle Tom's Cabin. Jeanette moved to Oregon and got a job playing the organ. At age sixteen she had a starring role in the operetta Treasure Hunters. She loved to sing and she studied music at the Ellison and White Conservatory. Her father Maurice was a successful violinist who moved their family to Canada when Jeanette was a child. Jeanette Loff was born Janette Lov in Orofino, Idaho, on October 9, 1906. ![]()
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